Life at a late 1800s frontier post, like the Vancouver Barracks, was predictable, tedious, routine and rarely seasoned with excitement. Daily duties rarely varied. Soldiers drilled, stood guard duty a ...

Confederate Lieutenant Henry S. Farley pulled the trigger of a large cannon at Fort Sumter at 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861.

During the Civil War, soldiers didn't have the same kind of access to quality rations that troops do today. Back then, they ...

The Soldier and the Revolutionary War” opened June 7 on the Army’s 250th birthday. It has artifacts never before displayed together.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – At just 20 years old, Ron Fisher found himself on his way to a war zone. “It still brings flashbacks, even as we’re talking now,” Fisher, now 77, sa… ...